diff --git a/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc b/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc
index 2a73ac186..00b53b09b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/ft/fttransfermodule.cc
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ bool ftTransferModule::recvFileData(std::string peerId, uint64_t offset,
 
   if (ok)
   	storeData(offset, chunk_size, data);
+
+  free(data) ;
   return ok;
 }